YAY Jason!!

I'm pleased to report that Jason just got a promotion at work to Development Manager for Crackle, which used to be Grouper which is really Sony Pictures, You all keeping up? Well, I'm so so proud of him.

Last week was the Crackle Launch party. Julien stayed home with a cutie babysitter named Alexis, who he totally charmed of course, and J and I headed into the city. There was a photo booth and we hammed it up a bit. The party was pretty sweet, I got to meet all the co-workers and had a Tarot reading. Jason stayed as far away from the Tarot lady as he could, just glancing over at me occasionally and shaking his head in worry. But all was well, and Jason was thrilled at the news of 5 kids in our future. Just kidding!

I wanted to take pictures but A. my new adorable tiny baby camera hadn't come in the mail yet and I had my bitsy party purse that could not accommodate the beast that is my Nikon. And B. The club had like one blue light on and about twenty candles. It was soo dark. We had a really nice time and everyone was raving about what a great job Jason is doing and that was of course very cool to hear. YAY Jason!

In other completely unrelated news. We are officially headed home. The tickets are bought and accommodations made (Thanks Jon!). We will be home from the 15th of August to the 22nd. We are going to have an early Birthday party for Jules on Sunday the 19th at Debby's house. I hope everyone can come. It's kind of a bummer to have to do it early, but he has been talking about his birthday party pretty much since his last one, so whats a girl to do. Plus it's a great excuse to get to see everyone and have cake. Mostly I really Love cake. The theme is Star Wars. Jules has been walking around for day's using his sword as a walking stick pretending to be Yoda. The voice is the clincher, so cute. So be prepared to battle. Does anyone know where I can find a Darth Vader cake?

Marin Fair

This weekend was quite action packed. Friday Jules and Jason had boys night that started early when I dropped Jules of at J's work. Jules loves going t the office, and I don't think the folks at the office mind too much either. I was invited to go to the human rights concert at UC Berkeley and needed to get an early start. The fellas went to creek side Friday nights at the park by our apartment. There is live music and food and tons of kids. Jules had a blast I am told and met snuggles the dog, whose charm apparently left quite the lasting impression. http://www.tcsd.us/parks/creedfrnts.html

The concert at Berkeley was great. It was hosted by Margeret Cho who is hilarious. Performers included the Dresden Dolls, Debby Harry, Erasure, and Cindy Lauper who was awesome and adorable. The show was so much fun, I went with my friend Andrea and some of her friends from Rohnert Park which is just north of us. They were really fun and it was nice to have a ladies night ,which I totally needed. http://www.hrc.org/truecolors/

Sunday we went out for breakfast and then hit the Marin county Fair. We had a really great time. There is a flat entry fee and then you can ride as many rides and see as many shows as you want. We saw the sea lion show and walked through some of the hundreds of vendor tents before entering into the ride area that was where the fun was really to be had. To my surprise there were tons of rides for tots at least 36 inches tall. You'll all be happy to know that Jules is a towering 38 inches, so he pretty much had free roam. He was big enough to go on several rides by himself which was empowering for him, and I only cried for like an instant, not even an instant. A slight moment.


After dark there was a fireworks show that Julien mostly enjoyed because it was set to the star wars soundtrack. It was especially nice because all things considered there were not that many people and it felt very relaxed. After the show we told Jules he could pick one more ride before we headed home. He picked the train roller coaster and he and I talked about what a great day we had had. His favorite part was petting the cows in the 4H area even though he is highly allergic to hay and is now, as I type, on the couch with a runny nose and itchy eyes. Violent reactions aside, we had a really great weekend that almost distracted us from thinking about the fact that we are not home this week like we planned. Almost.

http://www.marinfair.org/